Sometimes if there's a book you really want to read, you have to write it yourself.
The quality of gifts depends on the sincerity of the giver.
It's always better to have too much to read than not enough.
I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.
The hardest piece of nonfiction I ever wrote isn't anywhere close to the easiest piece of fiction I never wrote.
I have seven step-siblings from my mother's second and third marriages. My degree of closeness to my step-siblings varies among the seven but I have a great sense of loyalty to all of them, especially the four from my childhood. If those people needed my help I would be there for them.